American English pronunciation
How to pronounce meets
IPA transcription: ['mits]
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Noun
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a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Verb
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come together
“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
“How nice to see you again!”
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fill or meet a want or need
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get together socially or for a specific purpose
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collect in one place
“We assembled in the church basement”
“Let's gather in the dining room”
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be adjacent or come together
“The lines converge at this point”
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satisfy a condition or restriction
“Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?”
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satisfy or fulfill
“meet a need”
“this job doesn't match my dreams”
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get to know; get acquainted with
“I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!”
“we met in Singapore”
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meet by design; be present at the arrival of
“Can you meet me at the train station?”
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contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
“Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
“Charlie likes to play Mary”
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experience as a reaction
“My proposal met with much opposition”
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be in direct physical contact with; make contact
“The two buildings touch”
“Their hands touched”
“The wire must not contact the metal cover”
“The surfaces contact at this point”
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undergo or suffer
“meet a violent death”
“suffer a terrible fate”
Usage examples
- Local folklore states that "Kanakadea" means "where the earth meets the sky".
- Each year during which the Legislature meets constitutes a new session.
- She is about to return home when she meets the medicine man.
- Campus music ministry meets after school, and prepares music for school masses.
- Ennis meets and has a brief romantic relationship with Cassie Cartwright, a waitress.
- He meets Lili again and convinces her that he truly loves her.
- It meets in Bern in the Federal Palace.
- She meets a semi-retired ambassador, Noguchi, grows to like him, and eventually marries him.
- An Elim Pentecostal Church, Kingdom Living Church, also meets at the Methodist church.
- Entering a marshy area, it meets an unnamed tributary and flows under Alloway Road.